Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
 William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source Hamlet
Topic generosity unkindness sincerity
Date 1623
Language English
Reference
Note Written between 1599 and 1602
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1524/1524-h/1524-h.htm

Context

“I never gave you aught. OPHELIA. My honour'd lord, you know right well you did, And with them words of so sweet breath compos'd As made the things more rich; their perfume lost, Take these again; for to the noble mind Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. There, my lord. HAMLET. ha, ha! Are you honest?
OPHELIA. My lord? HAMLET. Are you fair? OPHELIA.” source

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